II 



Election of Office-Bearers. 



Mr J. W. M'Hattie, Superintendent of City Parks, Edin- 

 burgh, in moving Captain Stirling of Keir be elected 

 President of the Society, said that all the Members would be 

 honoured in having Captain Stirling in the chair. He took 

 great interest in forestry, scientific and practical, and would 

 uphold the honour and dignity of this Society. 



Mr James Whitton, Superintendent of City Parks, Glasgow, 

 in seconding, said that the work Captain Stirling had already 

 done was a good guarantee of what might be expected in 

 the future. If the same enthusiasm and energy he had already 

 shown were carried into his new duties, the affairs of the 

 Society would flourish in the future as they had done in the 

 past. 



The motion was unanimously agreed to. 



Sir John Stirling-Maxwell, in leaving the chair, said : — 

 Perhaps I may be allowed to say that your new President 

 will bring quite as much zeal to our service as I have done, 

 and I need not say that he will have the advantage of 

 bringing much better wits. I hope you will give to him as 

 kindly support as you have given to me. 



Captain Stirling, having taken the chair, said : — I thank 

 you for the highest compliment which you could have paid 

 to your late President, namely, to elect his brother to fill his 

 place. I feel very strongly -that that is the only claim that 

 I have to your indulgence. If I had to find a reason for my 

 election to this very honourable post, I certainly could not find it 

 in my very brief period of service on the Council. I think if I 

 had to find a reason for it, it is that in my election there may be 

 a guarantee for a certain continuity of policy, and that I shall 

 not have very far to go to ask for sound advice on your affairs. 

 I think that the present moment is a most interesting one in 

 the history of the Society, and that it is a very great honour, 

 and also a very heavy responsibility, to be called upon to fill 

 this chair. I am quite sure that I can count upon the support 

 of the Council and of every member of this Society in my 

 endeavours to carry out to the best of my abilities the duties 

 which you have called upon me to perform. 



The following were then elected to fill the other vacancies on 

 the list of Oflfice-Bearers, viz. : — Vice-Presidents — Sir Andrew 



